Internet Addiction Support Group

This community is for people who believe they are addicted to the Internet and would like support. Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized disorder coined by Ivan Goldberg, M.D., in 1997. It is compared to pathological gambling. Whether the Internet is causing significant stress and impairment in your life, or you would like to reduce your usage of the Internet,...

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What qualifies as an addiction?

deleted_user
deleted_user
Hey everyone. I'm online between 10 & 15 hours almost everyday. On BeBo, MySpace, MSN, YouTube & anything else i find an interest in really. Because I spend so much time online I tend to think about it still when I'm not at the computer.

Does this mean I'm an addict? Just wondering, how bad does it have to be to make you an addict?

Laura .x.
HONESTYis
HONESTYis
Addictions are supposed to interfere with your life - it's what makes them addictions. I find that definition weird, but it's whatever. Anyway, the way I've been told to figure out if something is an addiction is to ask myself some simple questions:

Do I cancel appointments to fulfill my addiction?
If I don't participate in my addiction do I get angry, irritable, sad, etc. ?
Have people told me that I spend way to much time fulfilling my addiction?

Stuff like that.
Hope it helps :]
deleted_user
deleted_user
i think if it gets in yer way of daily importance then ya probably
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm not on the computer for 10-15 hours, but i do know the feeling of being on for a long time just killing time. I kill time in chat rooms and its probably just cost me my only true love. We are both addicts and need help. I came here and I hope it really works.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yes ppl like us r addicted to the internet. all well thats ok.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Your addicted if it interferes with other aspect of your daily life,a dn you feel anxiety or pain if you do not have the resources to jump round the internet. It sucks. I wish could just hve a list of useful things I need to do on the web and just get to them. But I don't it sucks.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thats like me as well! I used to spend every waking moment on the internet and when i was in school i would just go insane with thoughts of it never getting any work done and everything! i keep trying to leave on occasions but inever seem to manage it lol!

Yea i think we are addicted lol!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm addicted, I think, too. I'm 13. I think an addiction is, as everyone else said, when it gets inthe way of your ife. For instance, I think I'm addicted because I spend every waking minute thinking about the internet, even if I'm not online, I can't go more than 24 hours without if before getting seriously freaked, I'll lie to anyone and break promises for it, and everyone complains about it. And people have said I'm addicted. Well, my mom did. And this therapist lady she made me see over something else.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think I'm addicted too :( i spend most of my free and no-free time online....i stop doing things just to be online..and someetimes i have no reason to be online so i go to chat rooms...it' frustrating b/c i don't wanna be depending on a machine or anything actually...I hope we can help each other..=)
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